Sessionsaver extension to firefox remembers tabs and their individual histories if you manually close firefox. When you launch it next time, firefox session is restored, complete with all the tabs and their histories.
Undoclosetab is another extension to firefox which will open a tab that is accidentally closed.
The combination is quite useful. If you need general help with what extensions are and how to install them, go to the Extension Room. There are hundreds of extensions for various common things that you want your firefox to do or have.
Stray, talking about birthdays, I have a twin whose landlord has the same birthday as ours. My roommate was born on the same date (even the same year, just a few hours behind us), I have two close friends who have the same birthday and I have three acquaintances with the same birthday. My twin says that he knows some more people with the same birthday. All this freaks me out (in a pleasant way). Am I and my twin some kind of attractors for people with same birthday as ours? A typical conversation after I find someone shares my birthday : "Really. So is mine. This is weird. Are you joking? No? This is so cool". Talk about synchronicity.
Kitfisto, I believe in coincidence only as much as you do, but I find this special case strange coincidence. Yet another coincidence - only last week my friend observed the same phenomenon : He saw some word on Millionaire show and he suddenly saw that word in many magazines, shops and so on. He swears to death that he has never seen that word before and he would have looked up if he had seen it somewhere else (like he did now).
Charity Navigator is a good website to find out if your charity of choice makes the cut. You can search by name or category. There are many charities that are seeking donations with overhead as less as 3 cents per dollar that is donated (rest goes for relief).
If you are in India, you can donate online through The Hindu (a national newspaper).
Do you monkeys know any other donation centers where you can donate with local greens and preferably online? This will be helpful to everyone across the pond.
Peoplefilter, thanks for the link. After a long time, I read "The Veldt" again. Another interesting story in similar lines is "Nightfall", a popular Asimov story.
Why are we so surprised?
Excerpt from Brit Hume's interview :
BUSH: I get briefed by Andy Card and Condi in the morning. They come in and tell me. In all due respect, you've got a beautiful face and everything.
I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves. But like Condoleezza, in her case, the national security adviser is getting her news directly from the participants on the world stage.
HUME: Has that been your practice since day one, or is that a practice that you've...
BUSH: Practice since day one.
I highly recommend "Phantoms in the brain: Probing the mysteries of the human mind" by Dr. Ramachandran to the monkeys here. His writing is very lucid, witty and captivating.
The book has a huge list of indigenous and simple experiments to show how brain works. More importantly, he uses these simple techniques to treat people with phantom limbs, amnesia and a variety of other problems which have been exasperating the neuroscientist community.
An amazing read for everyone. Check the Amazon reviews and see more for yourself.
Sessionsaver extension to firefox remembers tabs and their individual histories if you manually close firefox. When you launch it next time, firefox session is restored, complete with all the tabs and their histories. Undoclosetab is another extension to firefox which will open a tab that is accidentally closed. The combination is quite useful. If you need general help with what extensions are and how to install them, go to the Extension Room. There are hundreds of extensions for various common things that you want your firefox to do or have.
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In "Always record your synchronicities:"
Stray, talking about birthdays, I have a twin whose landlord has the same birthday as ours. My roommate was born on the same date (even the same year, just a few hours behind us), I have two close friends who have the same birthday and I have three acquaintances with the same birthday. My twin says that he knows some more people with the same birthday. All this freaks me out (in a pleasant way). Am I and my twin some kind of attractors for people with same birthday as ours? A typical conversation after I find someone shares my birthday : "Really. So is mine. This is weird. Are you joking? No? This is so cool". Talk about synchronicity. Kitfisto, I believe in coincidence only as much as you do, but I find this special case strange coincidence. Yet another coincidence - only last week my friend observed the same phenomenon : He saw some word on Millionaire show and he suddenly saw that word in many magazines, shops and so on. He swears to death that he has never seen that word before and he would have looked up if he had seen it somewhere else (like he did now).
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Voice Recognition Software"
I third Dragon. It's pretty good and requires very little training time. The software has really progressed in time and can understand many dialects.
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Volunteering"
You may find Tsunami Help website useful. I doubt if such an arrangement can be done within a week's time though.
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In ""
The latest scare delays the relief process.
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In "Send the Red Cross money"
Charity Navigator is a good website to find out if your charity of choice makes the cut. You can search by name or category. There are many charities that are seeking donations with overhead as less as 3 cents per dollar that is donated (rest goes for relief). If you are in India, you can donate online through The Hindu (a national newspaper). Do you monkeys know any other donation centers where you can donate with local greens and preferably online? This will be helpful to everyone across the pond.
posted by rubricks 19 years ago
In "Rainy Planet"
Peoplefilter, thanks for the link. After a long time, I read "The Veldt" again. Another interesting story in similar lines is "Nightfall", a popular Asimov story.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "The God Game"
No hits, no bites, hell I am God. Damn, who is bringing up the fact that there are 7.43% of others who may be God too.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "SLAM BUSH"
You da funny, forks. Good link.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "I don't have a sense that there's a lot of anger"
Pete : There was no context. The discussion was about criticism in the re-election year and he was asked how he gets his news.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
Why are we so surprised? Excerpt from Brit Hume's interview : BUSH: I get briefed by Andy Card and Condi in the morning. They come in and tell me. In all due respect, you've got a beautiful face and everything. I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves. But like Condoleezza, in her case, the national security adviser is getting her news directly from the participants on the world stage. HUME: Has that been your practice since day one, or is that a practice that you've... BUSH: Practice since day one.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "Paul Krugman Vs Bill O'Reilly"
Full transcript of the show, also from the MeFi thread.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "How not to buy happiness."
Two ways to stay happy - get paid more or desire less. This article says so. Another article that may be of interest, also from Daedalus.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "How fast can you read?"
350-400 for JFK and 400-450 for Cather.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "V.S. Ramachandran's Illusions"
I highly recommend "Phantoms in the brain: Probing the mysteries of the human mind" by Dr. Ramachandran to the monkeys here. His writing is very lucid, witty and captivating. The book has a huge list of indigenous and simple experiments to show how brain works. More importantly, he uses these simple techniques to treat people with phantom limbs, amnesia and a variety of other problems which have been exasperating the neuroscientist community. An amazing read for everyone. Check the Amazon reviews and see more for yourself.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
In "wordcount"
What about this? 992 993 994 995 stands for America Ensure Oil Opportunity ! Thus spake Nostradamus, I am very sure of it.
posted by rubricks 20 years ago
(limited to the most recent 20 comments)